It was a wild first day for Iowa at the 2024 NCAA National Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Hawks went a disappointing 6-3 in the first round. The three losses by Rathjen, Kennedy, and Glazier were all close matches.
The bright spot was when #25 seed Brad Hill defeated #8 seed Owen Trephan (NC State), 4-2.
Iowa was in 9th place in the team race after the first round.
A word that Tom Brands has used in interviews over the years is “Respond.”
Well, the Hawks did indeed respond in the Round of 16 tonight by going 7-2 with three tech falls, two major decisions, a decision and one injury default.
All of those bonus points added up. At the end of the second session Iowa is now tied for second place with Iowa State in the team race with 24.5 points. Penn State is in first place with 34.5 points.
In the team race the gap from #2 to #7 is only four points.
The Hawks will now look to a huge round tomorrow morning at 11 AM with the Quarterfinals and Consolations.
Iowa will have four in the Quarterfinals with Drake Ayala(125), Real Woods(141), Jared Franek(157), and Mike Caliendo(165).
According to seeds in the Quarterfinals Ayala and Woods are a slight favorite and Franek and Caliendo are an underdog.
All four bouts should be hard fought close matches.
The Consolation round is just as important. Brody Teske(133), Caleb Rathjen(149), Patrick Kennedy(174), Zach Glazier(197) and Brad Hill(Hwt) are still in the hunt to become an All American.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
Quarterfinals/Consolations Round Matchups with seeds -Friday, March 22 at 11 AM CST
125: Quarterfinals – #3 Drake Ayala vs. #6 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)
133: Cons #15 Brody Teske vs. #17 Braxton Brown (Maryland)
141: Quarterfinals – #3 Real Woods vs. #6 Lashlan McNeail (North Carolina)
149: Cons – #13 Caleb Rathjen vs. #14 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State)
157: Quarterfinals – #10 Jared Franek vs. #2 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State)
165: Quarterfinals – #6 Mike Caliendo vs. #3 Julian Ramirez (Cornell)
174: Cons – #12 Patrick Kennedy vs. #11 Austin Murphy (Campbell)
197: Cons – #7 Zach Glazier vs. #9 Stephen Little (Little Rock)
Hwt: Cons – #25 Brad Hill vs. Winner of #26 Hunter Catka (VT)/#23 Lucas Stoddard (Army)
Update Brackets for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships:
https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/Updated%20Session%201%20Brackets.pdf
2024 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Round 1 and Round 2
125
Drake Ayala (25-4) place is unknown and scored 4.5 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Drake Ayala (Iowa) 25-4 won by major decision over Elijah Griffin (California Baptist) 21-12 (MD 10-2)
- Champ. Round 2 – Drake Ayala (Iowa) 25-4 won by tech fall over Nico Provo (Stanford) 19-7 (TF-1.5 5:20 (19-4))
133
Brody Teske (14-6) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Brody Teske (Iowa) 14-6 won by major decision over Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 23-11 (MD 12-4)
- Champ. Round 2 – Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) 20-0 won by decision over Brody Teske (Iowa) 14-6 (Dec 8-3)
141
Real Woods (20-3) place is unknown and scored 4.5 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Real Woods (Iowa) 20-3 won by tech fall over Kai Owen (Columbia) 17-12 (TF-1.5 4:36 (15-0))
- Champ. Round 2 – Real Woods (Iowa) 20-3 won by major decision over Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) 10-3 (MD 8-0)
149
Caleb Rathjen (17-6) place is unknown and scored 2.5 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Jordan Williams (Oklahoma State) 15-8 won by decision over Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) 17-6 (Dec 12-5)
- Cons. Round 1 – Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) 17-6 won by injury default over Alek Martin (South Dakota State) 20-12 (Inj. 2:37)
157
Jared Franek (25-5) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Jared Franek (Iowa) 25-5 won in TB-3 by riding time over Joey Blaze (Purdue) 17-12 (TB-3 (RT) 2-2)
- Champ. Round 2 – Jared Franek (Iowa) 25-5 won by decision over Peyten Kellar (Ohio) 23-3 (Dec 4-3)
165
Mike Caliendo (24-4) place is unknown and scored 4.5 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Mike Caliendo (Iowa) 24-4 won by major decision over Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) 19-14 (MD 11-2)
- Champ. Round 2 – Mike Caliendo (Iowa) 24-4 won by tech fall over Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) 28-8 (TF-1.5 6:23 (26-10))
174
Patrick Kennedy (16-6) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) 14-8 won by decision over Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) 16-6 (Dec 9-7)
- Cons. Round 1 – Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) 16-6 won by tech fall over Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) 24-5 (TF-1.5 5:13 (18-3))
197
Zach Glazier (25-3) place is unknown and scored 1.5 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) 17-10 won in sudden victory – 1 over Zach Glazier (Iowa) 25-3 (SV-1 4-1)
- Cons. Round 1 – Zach Glazier (Iowa) 25-3 won by major decision over Luke Geog (Ohio State) 15-10 (MD 16-6)
Hwt
Bradley Hill (21-8) place is unknown and scored 1.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Bradley Hill (Iowa) 21-8 won by decision over Owen Trephan (NC State) 18-6 (Dec 4-2)
- Champ. Round 2 – Nick Feldman (Ohio State) 26-5 won by major decision over Bradley Hill (Iowa) 21-8 (MD 11-2)
Schedule for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships
***All time listed are CST
Friday, March 22
Session 3: Quarterfinals and Consolations 11 AM ESPN/ESPNt
Session 4: Semifinals and Blood Round 7 PM ESPN/ESPNt
Saturday, March 23
Session 5: Consolation Medal Round 10 AM ESPNU/ESPNt
Session 6: Finals 6 PM ESPN/ESPNt
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
